Charges of up to 45% will be applied to Chinese electric cars for the next five years
The European Commission has voted to make large tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars permanent. In a statement released by the Commission, it said that it has “obtained the necessary support from member states for the adoption of tariffs” and that it represents the next step in its investigation into the subsidisation of EVs by the Chinese government.
Although the voting record is not publicly available, Euronews reported that Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands and Poland all voted in favour of the tariffs. Germany, Hungary, Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia voted against, it said, while Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Finland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sweden abstained.
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